What is the pay difference between Home Care and Nursing Home?

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Specializes in CNA.

Sorry for yet another pay rate question... I'm going back to CNA school in a few weeks and decided I definitely prefer one on one care for a patient or two. Last time doing Clinicals, I did not like not being able to spend more time with my Residents.

I found a place in my area who hires Companions for ADL, shopping, cooking, and general over all care.

They hire from the general population as well as CNAs. This really seems like a place where I can find my niche.

Is there a big difference in pay? More, less, than a LTC facility? I realize it is not all about money, but practicality wise, we do have a mortgage and other expenses.

Thank you :)

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The LTC facility where I work pays new CNA's $9.65 an hour and has really bad employee-paid benefits. I have the cheapest plan for me and my husband and the lousy coverage has a $500 deductible -- for this I pay $180 a month, it totally sucks. There's a very nice Home Health Care and Hospice agency here that pays $10.75-$11.75 to start, has really excellent employer-paid benefits, and the work is piece-a-cake compared to long-term care -- so yeah guess where I'd rather work ???? I've applied there but haven't heard back.

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Home health care here pays per job and has no benefits. Nursing home pays hourly and has benefits. Also at nursing home you have 12 to 20 patients to take care of.

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